Simon Soon
This chorus survived in the form of a later oral interview and was not part of the 1919 Boria season recorded by Alexander Hamilton.
Kampong Che Long, Khian Teik Kongsi,
Taukeh Ghee Hin sudah mati,
Tiada tiru sendiri reka
Kampong Che Long, Kompani Kita
Che Long's Village and Khian Tek Kongsi
The Ghee Hin's leader dies, to their delight,
We never follow, but chart our own destiny,
Che Long's Kampong, this be our own company.
NOTES:
Yeoh Seng Chan, octogenarian, interview by Khoo Su Nin, circa 1992; Khoo Su Nin, “The Acheen Street Community: A Melting Pot of the Malay World,” Pulau Pinang 2, no. 2 (January 1990): 22.
